FOOTSTOOL (כֶּ֫בֶשׁ, H3900, footstool; הֲדֹם, H2071, stool; ὑποπόδιον, G5711, footstool). A low stool for supporting the feet of a person seated upon a pretentious seat, as a throne. In the RSV the word is used in a literal sense only once (2 Chron 9:18) where it is said that Solomon’s throne had six steps and a footstool of gold; in the KJV a literal use is found in James 2:3 (RSV “feet”). The thirteen other times the word is used are fig., and in all of them it is God who makes use of the footstool. All of the NT references, except for James 2:3 (KJV), are quotations from the OT. The fig. uses of the word fall into the following groups: (1) Of the earth; heaven is the throne of God and the earth His footstool (Isa 66:1; Matt 5:35; Acts 7:49). (2) Of the Ark of the covenant in the Tabernacle (1 Chron 28:2). (3) Of the Temple (Pss 99:5; 132:7; Lam 2:1). (4) Of the enemies of the Messianic King who have been subdued by Him (Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:43; Acts 2:35; Heb 1:13; and 10:13).